The Foo Fighters are an American rock band founded by Dave Grohl. In 2022, the Foo Fighters lost one of their members; drummer Taylor Hawkins…
All over social media, women and female-presenting individuals are creating videos to the song “Labour” by Paris Paloma, sharing their stories of sexual assault, advocacy…
My sister’s experience with terminal illness was shaped by many factors: pain, communication, disregard, fear, and advocacy. These often overshadowed the person at the center…
In this startling oil painting entitled Anguish by August Friedrich Schenck, we see an ewe standing protectively over the corpse of her child, defending it…
The poem “Depression, Too, Is a Kind of Fire” is a piece by Taylor Mali. It is written from his perspective, detailing his experiences with…
In Woman in the Lap of Death (1920/1921), Käthe Kollwitz gives form to a truth many trauma survivors know too well: when life shatters, even…
Grief is something many people struggle to understand. We’re often told to “move on” after losing someone, but in her emotional TEDx talk, Nora McInerny…
Released in 1979 by Joy Division, She’s Lost Control draws from the tragic true story of a young woman with epilepsy who died during a…
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 720,000 people die by suicide each year, and it remains the third leading cause of death…
The painting, a haunting portrait of a face, is a stark and evocative piece of art. The artist’s use of dark, brooding colours and the…
At some point, most of us have experienced rejection—whether from a job opportunity, a relationship, or a path in life we had hoped to follow….
“When my husband died, I was overwhelmed with emotion. There was this intense amount of fear that death would strike again—that something might happen to…
The loss of a relationship is a profound and unique form of grief that is often overlooked or misunderstood by society. Unlike the loss of…
Like a lullaby sung in the dead of night, James Blunt’s “Monster” is a haunting meditation on the bonds of family and the weight of…
The emotionality of our lives can be lost through words, as words are oftentimes not enough to express the complexities of our perceptive reality. Miles…
Taylor Swift began pursuing her passion for music as a career at the age of 14 and has truly built a name for herself…
“It was one of the most complex experiences I’ve ever gone through. It came with a horrific sense of impending doom, while simultaneously trying to…
In this episode, Trauma and Mental Health Report writer Nikita Baxi speaks with Dr. Chloe Paidoussis-Mitchell, a grief and trauma psychotherapist based in the U.K,…
One of the most moving and beautiful elegies in Spanish literature is the one written by the Spanish poet Miguel Hernández on the unexpected death…
Kent Monkman, born in 1965. is part of the Fisher River Cree Nation but now resides in the Dish with One Spoon Territory, also known…
